FBS conference belt

The Missouri Valley Belt

A companion lineage restricted to Missouri Valley: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Missouri Valley members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Missouri Valley at the time. This belt is retired. Tulsa held it when Missouri Valley played its last game on November 9, 1985, and the reign is closed as of June 30, 1986: the Missouri Valley stopped sponsoring football after the 1985 season.

99Reigns

303Belt Games

21Programs

Longest Reign

Nebraska — 6 yrs, 6 days

November 12, 1910 – November 18, 1916

Most Defenses, One Reign

Tulsa — 21

starting October 31, 1981

Most Reigns, All-Time

Tulsa — 12 separate reigns

21 Missouri Valley programs have held it

#	Team	Reign	Length	Def.	Won it	Lost it
1	Nebraska	November 9, 1907 – November 14, 1908	1 yr, 5 days	1	Established it (first game on record)	lost to Kansas
2	Kansas	November 14, 1908 – November 25, 1909	1 yr, 11 days	3	beat Nebraska 20–5	lost to Missouri
3	Missouri	November 25, 1909 – October 22, 1910	331 days	0	beat Kansas 12–6	lost to Iowa State
4	Iowa State	October 22, 1910 – November 12, 1910	21 days	0	beat Missouri 6–5	lost to Nebraska
5	Nebraska	November 12, 1910 – November 18, 1916	6 yrs, 6 days	18	beat Iowa State 24–0	lost to Kansas
6	Kansas	November 18, 1916 – November 30, 1916	12 days	0	beat Nebraska 7–3	lost to Missouri
7	Missouri	November 30, 1916 – October 13, 1917	317 days	0	beat Kansas 13–0	lost to Kansas State
8	Kansas State	October 13, 1917 – November 3, 1917	21 days	1	beat Missouri 7–6	lost to Kansas
9	Kansas	November 3, 1917 – November 17, 1917	14 days	0	beat Kansas State 9–0	lost to Nebraska
10	Nebraska	November 17, 1917 – December 7, 1918	1 yr, 20 days	1	beat Kansas 13–3	lost to Washington St. Louis
11	Washington St. Louis	December 7, 1918 – November 8, 1919	336 days	2	beat Nebraska 20–7	lost to Drake
12	Drake	November 8, 1919 – November 27, 1919	19 days	0	beat Washington St. Louis 14–13	lost to Iowa State
13	Iowa State	November 27, 1919 – October 16, 1920	324 days	1	beat Drake 14–0	lost to Missouri
14	Missouri	October 16, 1920 – October 30, 1920	14 days	1	beat Iowa State 14–2	lost to Oklahoma
15	Oklahoma	October 30, 1920 – October 29, 1921	364 days	4	beat Missouri 28–7	lost to Nebraska
16	Nebraska	October 29, 1921 – October 11, 1924	2 yrs, 348 days	12	beat Oklahoma 44–0	lost to Oklahoma
17	Oklahoma	October 11, 1924 – October 25, 1924	14 days	0	beat Nebraska 14–7	lost to Drake
18	Drake	October 25, 1924 – November 22, 1924	28 days	2	beat Oklahoma 28–0	lost to Iowa State
19	Iowa State	November 22, 1924 – October 31, 1925	343 days	2	beat Drake 10–0	lost to Missouri
20	Missouri	October 31, 1925 – November 21, 1925	21 days	2	beat Iowa State 23–8	lost to Kansas
21	Kansas	November 21, 1925 – October 16, 1926	329 days	0	beat Missouri 10–7	lost to Kansas State
22	Kansas State	October 16, 1926 – November 13, 1926	28 days	1	beat Kansas 27–0	lost to Nebraska
23	Nebraska	November 13, 1926 – October 8, 1927	329 days	1	beat Kansas State 3–0	lost to Missouri
24	Missouri	October 8, 1927 – November 19, 1927	42 days	2	beat Nebraska 7–6	lost to Kansas
25	Kansas	November 19, 1927 – November 19, 1927	0 days	0	beat Missouri 14–7	vacated — left Missouri Valley before the 1928 season
26	Drake	November 20, 1927 – October 8, 1932	4 yrs, 323 days	13	reverted after Kansas left Missouri Valley	lost to Oklahoma State
27	Oklahoma State	October 8, 1932 – October 26, 1934	2 yrs, 18 days	5	beat Drake 27–7	lost to Creighton
28	Creighton	October 26, 1934 – November 24, 1934	29 days	1	beat Oklahoma State 13–7	lost to Drake
29	Drake	November 24, 1934 – November 9, 1935	350 days	2	beat Creighton 6–0	lost to Washington St. Louis
30	Washington St. Louis	November 9, 1935 – October 24, 1936	350 days	1	beat Drake 13–0	lost to Drake
31	Drake	October 24, 1936 – November 14, 1936	21 days	1	beat Washington St. Louis 20–18	lost to Tulsa
32	Tulsa	November 14, 1936 – November 12, 1938	1 yr, 363 days	7	beat Drake 21–6	lost to Drake
33	Drake	November 12, 1938 – October 14, 1939	336 days	0	beat Tulsa 27–7	lost to Creighton
34	Creighton	October 14, 1939 – October 20, 1939	6 days	0	beat Drake 7–0	lost to Washington St. Louis
35	Washington St. Louis	October 20, 1939 – October 19, 1940	0 yrs, 365 days	4	beat Creighton 42–12	lost to Oklahoma State
36	Oklahoma State	October 19, 1940 – November 23, 1940	35 days	3	beat Washington St. Louis 53–12	lost to Tulsa
37	Tulsa	November 23, 1940 – October 28, 1944	3 yrs, 340 days	10	beat Oklahoma State 19–6	lost to Oklahoma State
38	Oklahoma State	October 28, 1944 – November 9, 1946	2 yrs, 12 days	1	beat Tulsa 46–40	lost to Tulsa
39	Tulsa	November 9, 1946 – November 6, 1948	1 yr, 363 days	4	beat Oklahoma State 20–18	lost to Oklahoma State
40	Oklahoma State	November 6, 1948 – October 28, 1949	356 days	1	beat Tulsa 19–0	lost to Detroit Mercy
41	Detroit Mercy	October 28, 1949 – October 6, 1950	343 days	2	beat Oklahoma State 13–7	lost to Wichita State
42	Wichita State	October 6, 1950 – November 11, 1950	36 days	2	beat Detroit Mercy 21–13	lost to Oklahoma State
43	Oklahoma State	November 11, 1950 – November 18, 1950	7 days	0	beat Wichita State 32–20	lost to Detroit Mercy
44	Detroit Mercy	November 18, 1950 – September 28, 1951	314 days	0	beat Oklahoma State 20–13	lost to Houston
45	Houston	September 28, 1951 – October 13, 1951	15 days	0	beat Detroit Mercy 33–7	lost to Tulsa
46	Tulsa	October 13, 1951 – October 11, 1952	364 days	3	beat Houston 46–27	lost to Houston
47	Houston	October 11, 1952 – October 17, 1953	1 yr, 6 days	2	beat Tulsa 33–7	lost to Oklahoma State
48	Oklahoma State	October 17, 1953 – October 24, 1953	7 days	0	beat Houston 14–7	lost to Detroit Mercy
49	Detroit Mercy	October 24, 1953 – November 6, 1954	1 yr, 13 days	3	beat Oklahoma State 18–14	lost to Oklahoma State
50	Oklahoma State	November 6, 1954 – October 8, 1955	336 days	0	beat Detroit Mercy 34–19	lost to Wichita State
51	Wichita State	October 8, 1955 – October 6, 1956	364 days	2	beat Oklahoma State 14–7	lost to Oklahoma State
52	Oklahoma State	October 6, 1956 – October 20, 1956	14 days	1	beat Wichita State 32–6	lost to Houston
53	Houston	October 20, 1956 – November 1, 1958	2 yrs, 12 days	8	beat Oklahoma State 13–0	lost to Tulsa
54	Tulsa	November 1, 1958 – November 8, 1958	7 days	0	beat Houston 25–20	lost to Cincinnati
55	Cincinnati	November 8, 1958 – October 3, 1959	329 days	0	beat Tulsa 15–6	lost to Houston
56	Houston	October 3, 1959 – October 24, 1959	21 days	0	beat Cincinnati 13–12	lost to North Texas
57	North Texas	October 24, 1959 – November 14, 1959	21 days	1	beat Houston 7–6	lost to Tulsa
58	Tulsa	November 14, 1959 – November 26, 1959	12 days	0	beat North Texas 17–6	lost to Wichita State
59	Wichita State	November 26, 1959 – October 6, 1962	2 yrs, 314 days	6	beat Tulsa 26–21	lost to Cincinnati
60	Cincinnati	October 6, 1962 – October 20, 1962	14 days	0	beat Wichita State 27–15	lost to North Texas
61	North Texas	October 20, 1962 – October 19, 1963	364 days	2	beat Cincinnati 14–8	lost to Tulsa
62	Tulsa	October 19, 1963 – November 30, 1963	42 days	0	beat North Texas 22–21	lost to Wichita State
63	Wichita State	November 30, 1963 – November 14, 1964	350 days	1	beat Tulsa 26–15	lost to Cincinnati
64	Cincinnati	November 14, 1964 – October 23, 1965	343 days	1	beat Wichita State 19–7	lost to Tulsa
65	Tulsa	October 23, 1965 – November 19, 1966	1 yr, 27 days	4	beat Cincinnati 49–6	lost to Louisville
66	Louisville	November 19, 1966 – September 30, 1967	315 days	0	beat Tulsa 29–18	lost to North Texas
67	North Texas	September 30, 1967 – October 5, 1968	1 yr, 5 days	3	beat Louisville 30–28	lost to Memphis
68	Memphis	October 5, 1968 – October 3, 1970	1 yr, 363 days	7	beat North Texas 30–12	lost to Tulsa
69	Tulsa	October 3, 1970 – October 10, 1970	7 days	0	beat Memphis 27–12	lost to Louisville
70	Louisville	October 10, 1970 – September 25, 1971	350 days	2	beat Tulsa 14–8	lost to Drake
71	Drake	September 25, 1971 – October 30, 1971	35 days	0	beat Louisville 10–7	lost to North Texas
72	North Texas	October 30, 1971 – November 13, 1971	14 days	0	beat Drake 21–12	lost to Memphis
73	Memphis	November 13, 1971 – September 23, 1972	315 days	0	beat North Texas 47–8	lost to Drake
74	Drake	September 23, 1972 – November 25, 1972	63 days	2	beat Memphis 23–7	lost to Louisville
75	Louisville	November 25, 1972 – October 13, 1973	322 days	2	beat Drake 27–0	lost to North Texas
76	North Texas	October 13, 1973 – November 17, 1973	35 days	3	beat Louisville 7–6	lost to Tulsa
77	Tulsa	November 17, 1973 – November 24, 1973	7 days	0	beat North Texas 24–15	lost to Wichita State
78	Wichita State	November 24, 1973 – September 7, 1974	287 days	0	beat Tulsa 28–19	lost to New Mexico State
79	New Mexico State	September 7, 1974 – October 19, 1974	42 days	1	beat Wichita State 13–12	lost to North Texas
80	North Texas	October 19, 1974 – November 16, 1974	28 days	1	beat New Mexico State 24–19	lost to West Texas
81	West Texas	November 16, 1974 – November 30, 1974	14 days	0	beat North Texas 21–14	lost to Louisville
82	Louisville	November 30, 1974 – November 30, 1974	0 days	0	beat West Texas 10–8	vacated — left Missouri Valley before the 1975 season
83	West Texas	December 1, 1974 – September 6, 1975	279 days	0	reverted after Louisville left Missouri Valley	lost to Wichita State
84	Wichita State	September 6, 1975 – October 11, 1975	35 days	0	beat West Texas 13–7	lost to New Mexico State
85	New Mexico State	October 11, 1975 – November 8, 1975	28 days	0	beat Wichita State 26–24	lost to West Texas
86	West Texas	November 8, 1975 – October 23, 1976	350 days	1	beat New Mexico State 38–10	lost to Drake
87	Drake	October 23, 1976 – November 13, 1976	21 days	0	beat West Texas 34–14	lost to Tulsa
88	Tulsa	November 13, 1976 – November 20, 1976	7 days	0	beat Drake 45–20	lost to Wichita State
89	Wichita State	November 20, 1976 – September 17, 1977	301 days	1	beat Tulsa 30–13	lost to New Mexico State
90	New Mexico State	September 17, 1977 – October 8, 1977	21 days	1	beat Wichita State 24–12	lost to West Texas
91	West Texas	October 8, 1977 – September 23, 1978	350 days	4	beat New Mexico State 17–14	lost to Southern Illinois
92	Southern Illinois	September 23, 1978 – October 21, 1978	28 days	1	beat West Texas 17–3	lost to Wichita State
93	Wichita State	October 21, 1978 – October 28, 1978	7 days	0	beat Southern Illinois 33–7	lost to New Mexico State
94	New Mexico State	October 28, 1978 – September 8, 1979	315 days	3	beat Wichita State 31–21	lost to Drake
95	Drake	September 8, 1979 – October 20, 1979	42 days	0	beat New Mexico State 14–13	lost to Wichita State
96	Wichita State	October 20, 1979 – October 27, 1979	7 days	0	beat Drake 24–17	lost to West Texas
97	West Texas	October 27, 1979 – October 18, 1980	357 days	3	beat Wichita State 58–0	lost to Drake
98	Drake	October 18, 1980 – October 31, 1981	1 yr, 13 days	5	beat West Texas 27–21	lost to Tulsa
99	Tulsa	October 31, 1981 – June 30, 1986	4 yrs, 242 days	21	beat Drake 59–6	— belt retired —

No reigns match “.”

Membership is judged season by season from every game a team played, so realignment moves a team’s games with it. A holder that stays in Missouri Valley keeps the belt through any stretch without a game against another member; a holder that leaves vacates the belt on its last game as a member, and it reverts to the most recent earlier holder that is a member of the season it left for. If no one is left to inherit it, the belt retires with its last holder. Days count the offseason; switch to games to measure a reign by belt games only.

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